System and method for tracking end users in a loadbalancing environment
US7650402B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 25, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1006
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for tracking information in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a packet included within a request that is associated with an end user and communicating the packet to a selected one of a plurality of gateways. An object may be built that correlates an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the end user to the selected gateway such that the object may be used to direct subsequently received packets associated with the end user to the selected gateway. Subsequently received packets may be directed based on end-user IP address information included in the subsequently received packets.
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